Improvement in bale-ties



l. BISSEAU.

Bale-Ties. l

N0.l55,4l3, Patented Sept. 29,1874.A

WITNESSBS A INVBNTOR I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOSEPH BOISSEAU, OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,413., datedSeptember 29, 1874; application nled August 29, 1874.

. To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPH BoIssEAU, of Shreveport, in the parish ofCaddo and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Bale-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a partof this specification, and to the letters and ligures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a longitudinal sectionalview of my bale-tie. Fig. 2 is a perspective View. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

This invention has relation to means for securing in compact form acompressed mass of cotton, hay, or other like substance; and the noveltyconsists in a sleeve made of hoop-iron, through which are passed, fromopposite ends thereof, the two downwardly-bent ends ot' a strap orbinder, one end of which is hooked over the said sleeve, and the otheris prevented from being' drawn through the said sleeve by means of akey, constituting a tie, of which all the parts may be made of hoop-ironof the same description, and by the most ignorant hand upon theplantation, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a wrought-metal sleeve, preferablyof hoop-iron, Which is formed by bending a single thickness of metalinto the shape shown in Fig. l, or which may be formed of several foldsof metal of the same description as that of which the binder iscomposed, as shown in Fig. 4, both of which are of that simplicity ofconstruction as to be readily made upon a plantation by any workman,thus enabling the planter to dispense with expensive manufactured ties,and to construct an equally el'ective article at small cost by theemployment of ordinary strap-iron. B designates a binder of strap metalof the usualdescription, both ends of which are bent inward to formhooks b b', as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the latter being' the longer.

A mass of cotton having been reduced by compression to the desired size,the hook b is passed into the sleeve A, andis then engaged over itslower edge. The binder is then caused to encircle the bale, and the hookb thereof passed in turn into the said sleeve, until its looped partprojects through it. A key is then passed through the loop outside ofthe sleeve, thereby preventing the said hook from being detached fromthe sleeve and releasing the bale. This key, which I will now designateby the letter O, may consist ot' a rectangular piece of hoop-iron, asshown in detail in Fig. 5, in which case its projecting ends will bebent down, as shown by a single stroke ot' a hammer, for the purpose ot'preventing its casual displacement during the transportation or handlingofthe bale; or it may be constructed with lugs c, as shown in Fig. 2,serving identically the same purpose, in which case the key will beinserted, as above described, through the loop, when it will be receivedbetween thelugs c, and -securely locked.

All the parts ot' my improved tie may be made on the plantation, out ofthe ordinary strap-iron of commerce, by any laborer, thus causing agreat saving of money to the planter, by enabling him to dispense withthe usual costly manufactured article.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bale-tie, the combination, with the hooked end b of a binder andthe sleeve A, K of the locking-key O, substantially as speci- 2. Thesleeve A, hooks b b ot' the binder B, and locking-key O, combined andarranged substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses: JOSEPH BOISSEAU.

Tiros. N. J AooBs, W. P. FORD.

